ummmmm... by your logic, if you walked into a mental health facility, everyone on earth must be mentally challenged then...
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Seriously now, why has Apple gone downhill?
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ummmmm... by your logic, if you walked into a mental health facility, everyone on earth must be mentally challenged then...
Well, I work for a non-profit and I could definitely make more doing what I do elsewhere, but I chose to work here because I feel like I am doing something important and that has a greater benefit to society than just my coming to work would have.
For the record, I don't make very much at all, just above the median income for my area (which is mid-Michigan, which has the worst economy in the country). But, I like what I do and as I said I believe in the cause that I work for. I don't expect everyone to think that way, and I don't expect corporations to either.
I do think that Apple would PROBABLY make more money by lowering margins and selling more units, but I'm not in the computer selling business (though I do deal with these sort of questions in my work, so I have some frame of experience with profit maximization).
but seriously folks...
But seriously folks...
Try spending 2 hours on the phone with Dell's tech support in India, trying to get a $15 part for your wife's PC laptop, being bounced between three or four people who end up overcharging you because of thier back-ass-wards internal communications....
I'll pay anything for a Mac and the Apple Care plan...
But seriously folks...
Try spending 2 hours on the phone with Dell's tech support in India, trying to get a $15 part for your wife's PC laptop, being bounced between three or four people who end up overcharging you because of thier back-ass-wards internal communications....
I'll pay anything for a Mac and the Apple Care plan...
You mean you saw a piece of paper with a xserve picture on it, you microwaved it and said it was hot and returned it to the garbage can you were digging through because your mom doesent feed you?
But seriously folks...
Try spending 2 hours on the phone with Dell's tech support in India, trying to get a $15 part for your wife's PC laptop, being bounced between three or four people who end up overcharging you because of thier back-ass-wards internal communications....
I'll pay anything for a Mac and the Apple Care plan...
"Although many people have asked for pre-installed Linux, and Dell seems to have listened, some still think that buying a naked PC won't be easy. But what about stripping it naked after you buy it? I managed to get Windows Vista (and a bit more) refunded from Dell Germany last week. The process was surprisingly simple: 1) After delivery, ask Dell Support for refund by email. 2) ??? 3) Refund!!! Read the full email conversation in the original German or my English translation. For the impatient reader: The refund is 77.54 for Windows Vista Home Basic plus Works 8.0 (that is 15% of the total amount I paid). The whole process took 2 emails, 2 more to say thank you, and less than 48 hours. The money is already in my account. Kudos to Dell Customer Care (esp. 'Veronika') for being efficient and customer-oriented!"
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I am not a troll or a paid poster, you sir, are a CAD
OK,
I made a post about Apple becoming a tool, and this guy obviously agrees with me. I've been using macs since 1994, and I've hated wintel machines, and barely used any, although I have noticed that they run Fruity Loops, Combustion and Autodesk software, including Autocadd, which my gf uses professionally, so they do have some use. No, I didnt want to troubleshoot a PC, lord no, but for people that want to ignore their computers instead of troubleshoot them, Apple has started to get a rep thats quite a bit short from the bulletproof hardware they used to make (minus a couple clunkers in between).
You're right, I consider my purchases a little too carefully, my mommy isn't buying it for me. This new platform is far from perfect. I didn't say it was useless. Some of the things about the new laptop are genius, like the keyboard and the power cord especially. Hallelujah! But why does this laptop of my friend's start cooking when I'm encoding a DVD? Well, that's the modern world, ok. But I've seen some graphics anomalies that really make me wonder. OK, its not the end of the world like it was last spring with the rev A laptops, but the complaints I've read, hoo boy. I guess if i had just jumped in last spring and been really jacked, I should just take it and buy another computer a year later at my cost. Yeah, ok. I got a subprime loan to get you into.
Funny how I even find reports of MacPros not doing what they're supposed to. And lets not talk about the video ipod I almost bought until I read it really didnt actually do what it claimed.
And to the genius who thinks I"m paid by MS, take off your dork helmet and look in the mirror to find the guy who's taking the pay-offs. "MS trolls are SO easily detected..blah blah blah" Wow, you really should not start a career as a psychic. Thanks, though, do you really think I could get paid to do this?
Mac users were by definition muckrakers, look that up in a dictionary, they didnt walk lockstep. I'll still buy a mac, but I can still harass the company to make one I want. I can render, edit, multitrack audio, and photo illustrate all on a second high-end G4 for $500 until they get their new hardware right.
With ZERO graphics anamolies, and no beach balls spinning endlessly. I guess the beach ball spinning endlessly is better than the computer just crashing.
Actually not its not. And, yes, I do know how to relaunch and quit out of a program in OSX. That was impressive until the beachball phantom reappears at very unpredictable times to just sit there and tell me nothing. At least old OS9 crashes actually were coded.
And with a used machine, I dont need to buy $2500 in new software. But I guess if I want to run Second Life and pay real money for a pixelated naked chick instead of a real one, I know the machine to get.
Cretins.
OK,
I made a post about Apple becoming a tool, and this guy obviously agrees with me. I've been using macs since 1994, and I've hated wintel machines, and barely used any, although I have noticed that they run Fruity Loops, Combustion and Autodesk software, including Autocadd, which my gf uses professionally, so they do have some use. No, I didnt want to troubleshoot a PC, lord no, but for people that want to ignore their computers instead of troubleshoot them, Apple has started to get a rep thats quite a bit short from the bulletproof hardware they used to make (minus a couple clunkers in between).
You're right, I consider my purchases a little too carefully, my mommy isn't buying it for me. This new platform is far from perfect. I didn't say it was useless. Some of the things about the new laptop are genius, like the keyboard and the power cord especially. Hallelujah! But why does this laptop of my friend's start cooking when I'm encoding a DVD? Well, that's the modern world, ok. But I've seen some graphics anomalies that really make me wonder. OK, its not the end of the world like it was last spring with the rev A laptops, but the complaints I've read, hoo boy. I guess if i had just jumped in last spring and been really jacked, I should just take it and buy another computer a year later at my cost. Yeah, ok. I got a subprime loan to get you into.
Funny how I even find reports of MacPros not doing what they're supposed to. And lets not talk about the video ipod I almost bought until I read it really didnt actually do what it claimed.
And to the genius who thinks I"m paid by MS, take off your dork helmet and look in the mirror to find the guy who's taking the pay-offs. "MS trolls are SO easily detected..blah blah blah" Wow, you really should not start a career as a psychic. Thanks, though, do you really think I could get paid to do this?
Mac users were by definition muckrakers, look that up in a dictionary, they didnt walk lockstep. I'll still buy a mac, but I can still harass the company to make one I want. I can render, edit, multitrack audio, and photo illustrate all on a second high-end G4 for $500 until they get their new hardware right.
With ZERO graphics anamolies, and no beach balls spinning endlessly. I guess the beach ball spinning endlessly is better than the computer just crashing.
Actually not its not. And, yes, I do know how to relaunch and quit out of a program in OSX. That was impressive until the beachball phantom reappears at very unpredictable times to just sit there and tell me nothing. At least old OS9 crashes actually were coded.
And with a used machine, I dont need to buy $2500 in new software. But I guess if I want to run Second Life and pay real money for a pixelated naked chick instead of a real one, I know the machine to get.
Cretins.
Don't care
Who cares
I don't care
Who cares
12" PowerBook G4
iMovie is fine for that
That's nice
nice to know
nice to know
don't care
Macs are better
It's unique
Check Refurbished Store
Who cares about Vista
don't care
No viruses
Unless you need to run PPC only apps
Intel Macs are just as reliable as PPC Macs
Apple cares and Apple fixed these problems now
Apple will fix them
Who cares as long as they work
Apple doesn't need to wake up and Apple is good the way it is
They will get more posters. It will always increase not decrease.
If you can run Final Cut Pro on a Mac Mini, you should be able to run Final Cut Extreme on any Mac Mini, doesn't matter if it's Intel or PPC.
Am I missing something here? I think dude's post *was* intended to be taken seriously. Well, aside from the Mac Mini with the 42" monitor but I thought maybe he meant 24" and that was a typo.
I happen to Agree!
My last 4 macs were crap, Plain and simple, I had to go back to a PC due to Apples QC...or lack of......
I will not buy another until the builds get better, 4 macs..over 6K,,,,all new and bought from Apple...
Anyone who reads the first post and cannot see that it's sarcastic (good grief, isn't "when you compare the price of PC against equivalent Mac, they are always different, some more expensive, some less, BUT NEVER THE SAME PRICE!" clue enough???) needs to have their sense of humor examined.
I have to laugh, especially as someone who has made similar posts. As that thread went on, I added more and more disclaimers, and people still thought I was serious. Same here. I can almost guarantee two things: (1) someone will post after this, not having read the thread, and say the OP is a troll or otherwise argue with him; and (2) someone will disagree with me and say that the OP was clearly being serious.
peter24: thanks for the (ongoing) laugh. I like your work.
I have to laugh, especially as someone who has made similar posts. As that thread went on, I added more and more disclaimers, and people still thought I was serious. Same here. I can almost guarantee two things: (1) someone will post after this, not having read the thread, and say the OP is a troll or otherwise argue with him; and (2) someone will disagree with me and say that the OP was clearly being serious.
peter24: thanks for the (ongoing) laugh. I like your work.
It's almost certainly a joke. The mini does support 24" monitors, and actually would support any 42" flatscreen that had DVI/HDMI input since there are no, to my knowledge, 42" displays that aren't either 720p or 1080p, which both have resolutions the mini will drive.
Accidere ex una scintilla incendia passim
Nah!!! That was very bad indeed. Anyway ask Bill you never know
Nah!!! That was very bad indeed. Anyway ask Bill you never know
Ah, the first of my predictions a mere couple of posts up has come true, even sooner than I thought it would.
I suppose it's not a good idea to argue with a "Demi-God (moderator)" but here goes anyway.....
Allow me to preface myself by saying that I a pretty bright guy with a good sense of humor. I am also quite capable of both delivering and discerning sarcasm.
Yes....*you* added disclaimers but what value are they? Until such time as the *OP* makes his intentions clear, it remains up for debate. So how about it, Pete.....'wanna come back and visit us?
I have been around forums for quite a few years and it never ceases to amaze me what people write. I will admit that the 42" monitor threw me a curve but given dude's horrendous use of grammar and/or numerous typo's it is entirely possible that 42" may have been an error.
BTW.....if you haven't already figured it out, I am also more than capable of beating something into the ground after it has already been repeatedly beaten into the ground.